Posted on 04/18/2010 6:18:32 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Cleaner air, one of the signature achievements of the U.S. environmental movement, is certainly worth celebrating.
But even as industrialized and developing nations alike steadily reduce aerosol pollution -- caused primarily by burning coal -- climate scientists are beginning to understand just how much these tiny particles have helped keep the planet cool.
In the face of severe climate risks, credible scientists are beginning to study geo-engineering -- tinkering with global systems to reduce warming directly. One scheme is to spew sulfates or other sun-blocking particles miles high in the stratosphere. If it worked, it would mimic the natural cooling effect of volcanoes, replacing the near-surface sulfate mask with a much higher one. But the possible side effects could be dire, including damage to the ozone layer. The potential geopolitical implications, like wars over the thermostat, could be devastating as well.
We might need geo-engineering to stave off the worst effects of the warming. But most climate scientists think we're not there yet. And so the most important thing we can do now is to train our sights on both the unexpectedly helpful sulfates and the unexpectedly pernicious carbon. We can't continue to only focus on traditional pollutants without reducing greenhouse emissions. We simply have to find a way to clean our air of both.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Cleaner air might speed up a scam? That doesn’t sound likely.
Let’s see.
Pollution causes global warming.
Clean air causes global warming.
Everything causes global warming.
LOL They must think the people are beyond dumb.
I give up.
La Times is filled with blithering idiots.
Ahh yes, we must control the temperature of the entire planet -what could go wrong?
I think geo-engineering is an interesting thing to study, but I think it's feasible on only smaller areas.
Orbital mirrors that can reflect or block the sun could alter areas a few miles across, but at great expense.
Just burn some of the high sulfur coal we’re blessed with.
The entire greenhouse effect theory is bogus to begin with.
Of course they are just beginning to understand. Which is why they need to STFU as to AGW.
This is not new information. Well, perhaps it is for the LA Slimes. But I seem to recall reading something along these very same lines over a decade ago.
They are still stuck on the "settled science" premise and moving forward like a bulldog.
Lazamataz, you’re right. It’s impossible to do satire anymore.
War on success.
-- Signed, Iceland Volcano
“La Times is filled with blithering idiots.”
Actually, anyone who buys, subsribes to or reads the LA Slimes is a blithering idiot.
Mount St. Helens did the same thing, as did Saddam Hussein when he torched the oil wells in Kuwait when he exited. Both incidences caused the temperature to drop 2-3 degrees. And we are supposed to be alarmed by a couple 10ths of a degree over the course of a century because of AGW?
One scheme is to spew sulfates or other sun-blocking particles miles high in the stratosphere. If it worked, it would mimic the natural cooling effect of volcanoes, replacing the near-surface sulfate mask with a much higher one. But the possible side effects could be dire, including damage to the ozone layer. The potential geopolitical implications, like wars over the thermostat, could be devastating as well.
I’m double checking the date written.. Did they really say that for real?????
FYI
1816 - The Year without a Summer. Introduction The period 1812-1817 was one of exceptional volcanic activity, and the sheer volume of volcanic dust pumped into the atmosphere by
...The last time Eyjafjallajökull blew its top the eruption lasted for two years, spreading smoke and ash over Iceland causing significant damage.The last time Eyjafjallajökull erupted, it lasted 2 years stretching from 1821-1823 .
IOW, cleaner air causes global warming!!!
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